diff --git a/packages/frontend/app/components/LiquidityDialog.tsx b/packages/frontend/app/components/LiquidityDialog.tsx
index edc4963f39..786ea76376 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/app/components/LiquidityDialog.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend/app/components/LiquidityDialog.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { ChangeEvent } from 'react'
 import { useEffect, useId, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { Button, Dialog, Flex, Text, TextField } from '@radix-ui/themes'
 import { renderFieldError } from '~/lib/form-errors'
+import { parseAmount } from '~/shared/utils'
 
 type BasicAsset = {
   code: string
@@ -22,24 +23,19 @@ export const LiquidityDialog = ({
   type,
   asset
 }: LiquidityDialogProps) => {
-  const [actualAmount, setActualAmount] = useState<number>(0)
+  const [actualAmount, setActualAmount] = useState<string>('0')
   const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useState<string>('')
   const amountId = useId()
 
   const handleChange = (e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-    const userInput = e.target.value
-    const scaledInput = parseFloat(userInput) * Math.pow(10, asset.scale)
-    const integerScaledInput = Math.floor(scaledInput)
-    if (scaledInput < 0) {
-      const error = 'The amount should be a positive value'
-      setErrorMessage(error)
-    } else if (scaledInput !== integerScaledInput) {
-      const error = 'The asset scale cannot accomodate this value'
-      setErrorMessage(error)
+    const result = parseAmount(e.target.value, asset.scale)
+    if ('error' in result) {
+      setErrorMessage(result.error)
+      setActualAmount('0')
     } else {
       setErrorMessage('')
+      setActualAmount(result.amount.toString())
     }
-    setActualAmount(integerScaledInput)
   }
 
   const inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null)
diff --git a/packages/frontend/app/shared/utils.ts b/packages/frontend/app/shared/utils.ts
index bbcb147fc0..5348007eb2 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/app/shared/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/app/shared/utils.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,39 @@ export function formatAmount(amount: string, scale: number) {
   return `${integerPart}.${fractionalPart}`
 }
 
+/**
+ * Converts a user-entered decimal amount (e.g. "0.29") into asset base units
+ * (e.g. 29n for scale 2) using string arithmetic, to avoid floating-point
+ * precision errors.
+ */
+export function parseAmount(
+  input: string,
+  scale: number
+): { amount: bigint } | { error: string } {
+  const value = input.trim()
+
+  if (value.startsWith('-')) {
+    return { error: 'The amount should be a positive value' }
+  }
+
+  const match = /^(\d*)(?:\.(\d*))?$/.exec(value)
+  if (!value || !match || (!match[1] && !match[2])) {
+    return { error: 'The amount should be a valid number' }
+  }
+
+  const [, whole, fraction = ''] = match
+  if (fraction.length > scale) {
+    return { error: 'The asset scale cannot accommodate this value' }
+  }
+
+  const amount = BigInt((whole || '0') + fraction.padEnd(scale, '0'))
+  if (amount === BigInt(0)) {
+    return { error: 'The amount should be a positive value' }
+  }
+
+  return { amount }
+}
+
 export function capitalize(str: string) {
   return str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1).toLowerCase()
 }